about

hailing from winnipeg; ottawa based percussionist zac pulak studied at the university of ottawa under the tutelage of jonathan wade and kenneth simpson, receiving an undergraduate degree in 2014.

since then, zac has worked with world class organizations such as the national arts centre, music and beyond, ottawa international chamberfest, banff centre, scotia festival of music and many others. zac has completed artist residencies at the banff centre and SMU (dallas, tx). recently, zac was featured as one of CBC’s 30 hot canadian classical musicians under 30.

as a freelance orchestral musician zac has performed with the national arts centre orchestra, thirteen strings chamber orchestra, and the symphony orchestra’s of ottawa, thunder bay, and winnipeg.

as an emerging artist zac is the recipient of numerous awards including the city of ottawa’s youth in culture pilot program (2016, 2017, 2018) and ontario arts council’s chalmers professional development grant (2018-2019) which will fund a mentorship with canadian virtuoso beverley johnston. zac has commissioned/premiered works by many leading canadian and international composers, more info here.

zac performs in his own chamber projects SHHH!! ensemble and trio [no]relation. he is the founder/curator of #NSFW contemporary cabaret and STICKATO percussion ensemble.